Analects of Confucius Chapter 1
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Analects of Confucius Chapter 1
1.1
Original: 子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知，而不愠，不亦君子乎？”
English: Confucius said: "To learn and then practise it time and again is
1.2
Original: 有子曰：“其为人也孝弟，而好犯上者，鲜矣；不好犯上，而好作乱者，未之有也。 君子务本，本立而道生。孝弟也者，其为仁之本与！”
English: You Zi said "It is seldom seen that a man of filial piety and brotherly love would be...
1.3
Original: 子曰：“巧言令色，鲜矣仁！”
English: Confucius said "A person who sweet-talk and...
1.4
Original: 曾子曰：“吾日三省吾身为人谋而不忠乎？与朋友交而不信乎？传不习乎？”
English: Zeng Zi said "Everyday I examine myself on three counts...
1.5
Original: 子曰：“道千乘之国，敬事而信，节用而爱人，使民以时。”
English: Confucius said "In leading a state of that is capable of sending a thousand chariots, approach your...
1.6
Original: 子曰：“弟子入则孝，出则悌，谨而信，泛爱众，而亲仁。行有余力，则以学文。”
English: Confucius said "At home, a young man should be a...
1.7
Original: 子夏曰：“贤贤易色；事父母，能竭其力，事君，能致其身；与朋友交，言而有信。虽曰未学，吾必谓之学矣。”
English: Zi Xia said " I would grant that a man is indeed schooled if he...
1.8
Original: 子曰：“君子不重，则不威。学则不固。主忠信。无友不知己者。过则勿惮改。”
English: Confucius said "A gentleman not being steadfast is not able to...
1.9
Original: 曾子曰：“慎终追远，民德归厚矣。”
English: Zeng Zi said "To be prudent in...
1.10
Original: 子禽问于子贡曰：“夫子至于是邦也，必闻其政。求之与？抑与之与？” 子贡曰：“夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。夫子之求之也，其诸异乎人之求之也！”
English: Zi Qin asked Zi Gong "When the Master arrives in a state, he invariably gets to know...
1.11
Original: 子曰：“父在观其志，父没观其行；三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。”
English: Confucius said "Note the aspirations of the man during ...
1.12
Original: 有子曰：“礼之用，和为贵。先王之道斯为美，小大由之。有所不行，知和而和，不以礼节之，亦不可行也。”
English: You Zi said "Of the things brought about by the rites,...
1.13
Original: 有子曰：“信近于义，言可复也。恭近于礼，远耻辱也。因不失其亲，亦可宗也。”
English: You Zi said "To be Trustworthiness is close to...
1.14
Original: 子曰：“君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，就有道而正焉，可谓好学也已。”
English: Confucius said "The gentleman does not seek to...
1.15
Original: 子贡曰：“贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如？”子曰：“可也。未若贫而乐，富而好礼者也。” 子贡曰：“《诗》云：‘如切如磋，如琢如磨’，其斯之谓与？”子曰：“赐也，始可与言《诗》已矣。告诸往而知来者。”
English: Zi Gong ask Confucius:"Poor without obsequious,1 wealthy without...
1.16
Original: 子曰：“不患人之不己知，患不知人也。”
English: Confucius said:"Do not be concerned about...
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